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Chapter 6-11
To Kill a Mockingbird
Question | Answer |
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malignant | showing great ill will; evil |
desolate | dreary; dismal; sad |
provocation | the act of deliberately angering someone |
deportment | a manner of personal conduct; behavior |
obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant |
wrathful | fiercely angry |
umbrage | offense; resentment |
interdict | to forbid authoritatively |
palliation | making something (an offense or a crime) seem less serious |
propensities | natural inclinations; tendencies |
Rosetta Stone | a basalt tablet discovered in 1799 with inscriptions that gave the first clue to the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
Missouri Compromise | an 1820 measure worked out between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821). It marked the beginning of the prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery that, along with other issues, led to the American Civil War. |
Add-A-Pearl necklace | is a traditional gift for a young girl that begins with one, three, or five pearls on a 14-karat gold chain. As the years go by, the necklace may grow into a full strand of pearls as friends and family add gifts of pearls. |